A BMPBUTTON is a clickable button that displays an image.  Bmpbuttons 
allow users to give a command to a program.

A BUTTON is a clickable button with a text label.  Buttons allow users 
to give a command to a program.

A CHECKBOX  is a small box that can be checked or unchecked by the 
user, or by the programmer.  It displays a text label.  Use a checkbox 
when giving a user multiple options from which to choose.

A COMBOBOX is a form of list.  It displays on the window as a small 
textbox with an arrow at the side.  When the user clicks the arrow, the 
list drops down and the user may make a selection.  Use a combobox when 
you want to give the user a list of choices, but there isn't much room 
on the window to display a list.

A GRAPHICBOX is a box that displays graphics, such as bitmap images, or 
drawn objects like circles and lines, or even text.  Use a graphicbox 
to give the user a graphic display, such as showing a bitmap image, 
rawing a graph or chart, or use it simply to add visual interest to a 
program.

A GROUPBOX consists of a label and a box.  The box can contain other 
controls, so that they may be grouped for easy identification.  
Radiobuttons within a groupbox function as a set.  To have multiple 
sets of radiobuttons in a window, place each set in its own groupbox.

A LISTBOX is a form of list.  It appears as a list of items in a box on 
the window.  The user may make a choice by clicking on an item in the 
list with the mouse.  If there are more items in the list than there is 
room in the listbox, the listbox will automatically add scrollbars.  
Use a listbox when you want to give the user a list of choices.

A MENU is a dropdown list of user commands that appears on a bar below 
the titlebar of a window.  The user clicks on an item contained in the 
dropdown list to give the window a command.

A POPUPMENU is a dropdown list of user commands that appears where the 
mouse is located when the popupmenu command is issued.  The user clicks 
on an item contained in the dropdown list to give the window a command.

A RADIOBUTTON is a small round box that can be clicked by the user.  It 
has a text label.  Radiobuttons function in groups.  When the user 
clicks a radiobutton, that button's circle is filled in and all other 
radiobuttons are cleared.  The programmer may set or unset a radiobutton 
in code also.  Use a radiobutton when a user must choose only one 
possibility from a group of possibilities.

A STATICTEXT is a simple text label used to give information to the user.  
The user cannot interact with a statictext control.

A TEXTBOX is a small box that contains text.  Text can be placed in the 
textbox by the programmer, or the user can type into the textbox.  Use a 
textbox to get a small amount of text input from the user, or to display 
a small amount of text.

A TEXTEDITOR is a large box with both horizontal and vertical scrollbars.  
Text can be placed in the texteditor by the programmer, or the user can 
type into the texteditor.  Use a texteditor to get a large amount of text 
input from the user, or to display a large amount of text.

Description:

This function returns a string expressing the result of  numericExpression.  
In MBASIC, this function would always return a string representation of the 
expression and it would add a space in front of that string.  For example 
in MBASIC:

  print len(str$(3.14))

Would produce the number 5 (a space followed by 3.14 for a total of 5 
characters).

Liberty BASIC leaves it to you to decide whether you want that space or not.  
If you don't want it, then you need not do anything at all, and if you do 
want it, then this expression will produce the same result under Liberty BASIC:

  print len(" " + str$(3.14))

Description:

This function returns a string representing the current time of the system 
clock in 24 hour format.  This function replaces the time$ variable used in 
QBasic.  See also DATE$( ).

  'this form of time$()                produces this format
  print time$()                          'time now as string "16:21:44"
  print time$("seconds")          'seconds since midnight as number 32314
  print time$("milliseconds")  'milliseconds since midnight as number 33221342
  print time$("ms")                 'milliseconds since midnight as number 33221342